The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to public health. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating with tens of millions of people at risk of falling into extreme poverty, enterprises facing existential threats,...
Building Knowledge Through Health Equity Research Article series on different areas that affect disadvantaged groups Disparities in access to essential rights and services such as health are rarely quantified. Existing national data is very limited, outdated or not...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immense impact across the globe, in all aspects of daily life. As European policymakers respond and engage in building more resilient healthcare systems, it is crucial that we understand the implications of COVID-19 on the fight...
Among many other developments, COVID-19 is said to have increased the pace of digitalisation in many countries across Europe, including a boost to the digital transformation of health and care. While, prior to the pandemic, e/mHealth remained a blurry notion in places...
Health systems strengthening is a key objective of the EU4Health Programme, all the more so since the full gravity of the impacts of the ongoing pandemic crisis remain to be discovered. Many health systems already hard hit by Europe’s financial and economic crisis...